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1929 - The Guasti-Giulii Tire Tower, formerly at 1251 East 8th Street.
D and M Lunchroom, Where the sandwiches come in single and two ply? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMX=0&DMY=0&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...X=512&DMY=0&DM http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...X=0&DMY=512&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...512&DMY=512&DM http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...=0&DMY=1024&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...12&DMY=1024&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/33166 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...60&DMY=1536&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...72&DMY=1536&DM http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...60&DMY=2048&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...72&DMY=2048&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/33166 Coincidental similarity to this NLA favorite Landmark? http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3...eandlabrea.jpghttp://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3...eandlabrea.jpg Background structure, still there. https://www.google.com/maps/place/12....2435039?hl=en MMmmm. Nice sidewalls. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMX=0&DMY=0&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...X=512&DMY=0&DM http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...X=0&DMY=512&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...512&DMY=512&DM https://alphabetilately.org/Oly/1932/1932-53-a.jpghttps://alphabetilately.org/Oly/1932/1932-53-a.jpg Secundo Guasti http://www.westadamsheritage.org/sit...ndo_guasti.jpg Quote:
Unrelated. Two snippets from a larger film of depicting dangerous aspects of police and fire department activities, circa 1926. Evidently, the footage was used to promote a ballot proposition that would create memorial funding for police and fire personnel. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...coll88/id/1452 |
Wilshire Fireproof Storage (prior HossC post http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=23872)
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7SWestern1.jpghttp://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7SWestern1.jpg This 1924 view, looking north on Western from 10th Street (Olympic) fits within HossC's images. Fireproof Storage silhouette. No intervening tall structures, e.g., the Wiltern Theater Tower. Church location? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...48&DMY=2048&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...60&DMY=2048&DM http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...48&DMY=2560&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...60&DMY=2560&DM http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...coll65/id/5682 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...=1024&DMY=0&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...=1536&DMY=0&DM http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...024&DMY=512&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...536&DMY=512&DM http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMX=0&DMY=0&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...X=512&DMY=0&DM http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...X=0&DMY=512&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...512&DMY=512&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...coll65/id/5682 Quote:
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I wondered what the chalk marks were for and following your link discovered that we have this marvelous photo because of a motorcycle accident that took place there. Currently at this location: https://s3-media4.fl.yelpcdn.com/bph...GS5b3pQQ/o.jpgYelp In-N-Out Burgers, 7009 Sunset Blvd. A source says this opened in 1994, but I could've sworn it was there a lot longer ago than that. (Now I wonder what was there previously. :shrug: ) The In-N-Out chain began in 1948 in a space barely 10 feet square at Francisquito and Garvey in Baldwin Park. It was demolished when the Interstate 10 (then U.S. 60/70/99, the Ramona Freeway) San Bernardino Freeway was built from downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley. The freeway runs over the original location. Crossed palms... https://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bph...oM_ZflUQ/o.jpgYelp Notice the two "crossed palm trees" in this photo? Most In-N-Out's have a pair of crossed palm trees out front, because the founder got the idea from the film It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. In the film, the characters race to find treasure located under palm trees in the shape of a W, and Harry Snyder, the founder of In-N-Out, wanted to mark each restaurant as his own treasure. |
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Hard to tell whether the Roosevelt had its rooftop signage when the photo was taken (1931). An historic aerial image suggests that the barely visible part of the High School includes some sort of athletic "courts" and what might be part of elevated bleachers. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...80&DMY=1024&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...92&DMY=1024&DM http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...80&DMY=1536&DMhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...92&DMY=1536&DM Wonder if the parked cars belonged to the residents, the school faculty or maybe even the students. |
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https://i.postimg.cc/NFh8j5j4/orange.jpg gsv Proceeding north on Orange to my annual sojourn at the Roosevelt, I am prone to getting trapped sitting in the middle of the intersection with Sunset because cars are stopped on northbound Orange waiting to go into the In-N-Out parking lot but blocked by oncoming southbound cars on Orange. Bah! (I now avoid it by crossing Sunset on Highland, then scooting over a block north back to Orange, on which the driveway to the Roosevelt is located, just south of Hollywood Blvd.) |
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/hvbXt9.jpg USC This was obviously taken to show the back of their jackets. The buildings in the distance all appear to be intact. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/CjoKSW.jpg GSV Here's a 2nd pic. "Blue Max Motorcycle Club members in German military regalia with spiked helmets (Pickelhauben) in front of a Blue Max banner and flags. Circa 1970" (Pickelhauben?) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/VJpKJE.jpg USC Digital Archive I've been trying to figure out what the dude in the center is wearing. It looks like a long brown kerchief, attached at the neck, that extends all the way down to the ground. It's a bit comical at the bottom, because the kerchief appears to be wearing shoes. __ |
While looking through USC's Blue Max M/C images, I found this Halloween-appropriate "Great Pumpkin Run" flyer. No date is given, but October 14th only fell on a Sunday in 1973 and 1979 in the '70s.
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LOL! I've been married 31 years. A hot bath by myself would be worth the extra two bucks! |
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It looks to me like a cable car body (note the open section visible at the rear), most likely a replica mounted on a light truck chassis. |
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It's probably one of these abominations: https://cdn.getyourguide.com/img/tou...177909-145.jpg I used to see them all the time in Hollywood, but haven't seen any recently. |
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Perry Mason mystery building
https://i.postimg.cc/6qRh3qFW/pmcpc-bmp.jpg Wondering if the "CPC" lettering was already there...since it doesn't seem to match "Caresse Cosmetic Products"-- 1027 what?? (That's Paul Drake getting out of his '58 T'bird.) And just for fun, Paul in a new hat, cruising a steamroom ambushing a guy to serve him a subpoena... https://i.postimg.cc/0QSSG3nZ/pmdraketowel1-bmp.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/5tCyDzz2/pmdraketowel2-bmp.jpg |
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The founding origins of the Blue Max motorcycle club was rather bizarre. Its inspiration was the 1966 movie "The Blue Max". The film recounts a story about a poor German boy from a small village who grows up to join a German military airplane squadron in WW I. He eventually earns the coveted medal: The Blue Max. How all of this morphed into a gay motorcycle club in Los Angeles, I have no idea. You may notice that all of the esteemed members are wearing some sort of Blue Max medal on a ribbon. I guess you have to have seen the movie to understand the mythos. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite Cheers, Earl |
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I was in a vintage furnishings shop about twenty years ago and they had the neon sign from the Sunset-Orange. The guy selling it remarked "What's funny is, it used to be an in-n-out motel, now it's an In-n-Out." https://fedora.digitalcommonwealth.o...ess800/content https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1919/...1c3ffe89_b.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1911/...531e6c7a_b.jpg (pix from ebay listings) |
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